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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome back to Sleepy Stories. I'm your host, Lucy,

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<v Speaker 1>and my friends and I will be reading you a

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<v Speaker 1>sleepy bedtime story every week to relax you and to

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<v Speaker 1>help you to drift off into a RESTful sleep. From

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<v Speaker 1>time to time, we will also read you a relaxing,

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<v Speaker 1>peaceful meditation that will take you somewhere beautiful and calming.

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<v Speaker 1>Once we have read the stories, we will then read

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<v Speaker 1>them a second time, but this time they will be

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<v Speaker 1>read even slower. This will help you to relax even more.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we begin, I would like you to close your

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<v Speaker 1>eyes and breathe in and out nice and deeply. Take

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<v Speaker 1>a few seconds to inhale, and then hold your breath

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<v Speaker 1>for a few seconds more and then release and breathe out.

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<v Speaker 1>Do this a few times if you need to. While

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<v Speaker 1>you listen to the music and you listen to my voice,

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<v Speaker 1>give yourself time to let your body relax and your

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<v Speaker 1>mind settle. It's important that we allow time for us

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<v Speaker 1>to feel safe, cozy, and completely at ease. And now

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<v Speaker 1>it's time for this week's story.

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<v Speaker 2>Murmur goose egg. Once upon a time, there were five

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<v Speaker 2>women who were standing in a field mowing. Heaven had

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<v Speaker 2>not given a single one of them a child, and

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<v Speaker 2>each of them wanted to have one. And suddenly they

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<v Speaker 2>saw a goose egg of quite unheard of size, well

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<v Speaker 2>nigh as large as a man head. I saw it first,

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<v Speaker 2>said the one I saw it at the same time

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<v Speaker 2>that you did, insisted another. But I want it, for

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<v Speaker 2>I saw it first of all maintained a third. And

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<v Speaker 2>thus they went on and fought so about the egg

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<v Speaker 2>that they nearly came to blows. Finally they agreed that

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<v Speaker 2>it should be long to all five of them, and

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<v Speaker 2>that all of them should sit on it as a

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<v Speaker 2>goose would do, and hatch out the little gosling. The

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<v Speaker 2>first remained sitting on the egg for eight days and

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<v Speaker 2>hatched and did not move or do a thing, And

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<v Speaker 2>during this time the rest had to feed her and

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<v Speaker 2>themselves as well. One of them grew egg angry because

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<v Speaker 2>of this and scolded, you did not crawl out of

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<v Speaker 2>the egg either, before you could cry peep, said the

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<v Speaker 2>one who was sitting on the egg and hatching. Yet

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<v Speaker 2>I almost believe that a human child is going to

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<v Speaker 2>slip out of the egg, for something is murmuring inside

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<v Speaker 2>of it without ever stopping. Herring and mush porridge and milk,

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<v Speaker 2>said she, And now you can sit on it for

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<v Speaker 2>eight days while we bring you food. When the fifth

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<v Speaker 2>day of the eight had passed, it was plain to

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<v Speaker 2>her that there was a child in the egg, which

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<v Speaker 2>kept on calling herring and mush, porridge and milk. And

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<v Speaker 2>so she punched a hole in the egg, and instead

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<v Speaker 2>of a gosling, out came a child. And it was

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<v Speaker 2>quite disgustingly homely, with a big head and a small body.

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<v Speaker 2>And no sooner had it crawled out than it began

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<v Speaker 2>to cry harring and mush, porridge and milk. So they

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<v Speaker 2>named the child Murmur Goose Egg. In spite of the

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<v Speaker 2>child's homeliness, the women at first took a great deal

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<v Speaker 2>of pleasure in him, but before long he grew so

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<v Speaker 2>greedy that he devoured everything they had. When they cooked

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<v Speaker 2>a dish of mush or a potful of porridge that

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<v Speaker 2>was to do for all six of them, the child

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<v Speaker 2>swallowed it all by himself. So they did not want

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<v Speaker 2>to keep him any longer. I have not had a

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<v Speaker 2>single full meal since the changeling crawled out, said one

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<v Speaker 2>of them. And when Murmur gooseg heard that, and the

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<v Speaker 2>rest agreed, he said that he would gladly go his

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<v Speaker 2>own gait, for if they had no need of him,

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<v Speaker 2>then he had no need of them. And with that

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<v Speaker 2>he went off. Finally he came to a farmstead that

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<v Speaker 2>lay in a rocky section and asked for work. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>they needed a workman, and the master told him to

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<v Speaker 2>gather up the stones in the field. Then murmur gooseg

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<v Speaker 2>gathered up the stones in the field. He picked up

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<v Speaker 2>some that were so large that a number of horses

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<v Speaker 2>could not have dragged them, and large and small one

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<v Speaker 2>and all. He put them in his pocket. Before long

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<v Speaker 2>he had finished his work and wanted to know what

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<v Speaker 2>he was to do next. You have picked up the

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<v Speaker 2>stones in the field, said his master. You cannot possibly

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<v Speaker 2>have finished before you have really begun. But murmur Goose

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<v Speaker 2>emptied his pockets and threw the stones on a pile.

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<v Speaker 2>Then his master saw that he had finished his work,

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<v Speaker 2>and that one would have to handle such a strong

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<v Speaker 2>fellow with kid gloves, So he told him to come

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<v Speaker 2>in and eat. That suited murmur gooseg he ate up

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<v Speaker 2>everything that was to have supplied the master and his

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<v Speaker 2>family and the help, and then he was only half satisfied.

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<v Speaker 2>He was really a splendid worker, but a dangerous eater,

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<v Speaker 2>like a bottomless cask, said the peasant. Such a serving

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<v Speaker 2>man could eat up a poor peasant house and ground

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<v Speaker 2>before he noticed it. Said he he had no more

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<v Speaker 2>work for him, and the best thing to do would

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<v Speaker 2>be to go to the King's castle. So murmur Gooseg

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<v Speaker 2>went to the king and was at once given a place,

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<v Speaker 2>and there was enough to eat and drink in the castle.

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<v Speaker 2>He was to be the errand boy and help the

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<v Speaker 2>maids fetch wood and water, and do other odd jobs.

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<v Speaker 2>So he asked what he was to do first, for

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<v Speaker 2>the time being, He could chop firewood, said they. So

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<v Speaker 2>murmur Gooseg began to chop firewood and hewed to the

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<v Speaker 2>line in such fashion that the chips fairly flew. Before

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<v Speaker 2>long he had chopped up all that there was kindling wood,

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<v Speaker 2>and building wood, beams and boards. And when he was

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<v Speaker 2>through with it, he came and asked what he was

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<v Speaker 2>to do. Now, you can finish chopping the firewood, said they.

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<v Speaker 2>There is none left, said murmur Gooseg. That could not

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<v Speaker 2>be possible, said the superintendent, and looked into the woodpin. Yes, indeed,

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<v Speaker 2>murmur Goosegg had chopped up everything large and small, beams

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<v Speaker 2>and boards. That was very bad. And therefore the superintendent

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<v Speaker 2>said that Murmur Gooseg should have nothing to eat until

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<v Speaker 2>he had chopped down just as much wood in the

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<v Speaker 2>forest as he had just chopped up for firewood. Then

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<v Speaker 2>Murmur Gooseg went into the smithy and had the smith

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<v Speaker 2>make an iron axe of five hundred weights. With that,

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<v Speaker 2>he went into the forest and began to chop. He

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<v Speaker 2>chopped down big pine and fir trees as thick as masts,

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<v Speaker 2>and all that he found on the King's ground, as

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<v Speaker 2>well as what he had found on that of his neighbors.

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<v Speaker 2>He chopped down big pine and fir trees as thick

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<v Speaker 2>as masts, and all that he found on the King's ground,

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<v Speaker 2>as well as what he found on that of his neighbors.

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<v Speaker 2>But he cut off neither the branches nor the tree tops,

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<v Speaker 2>so that all lay there as though felled by the storm.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he loaded a sizeable stack on the sled and

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<v Speaker 2>put to the horses. They could not move the load

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<v Speaker 2>from the spot, and when he took them by the

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<v Speaker 2>heads in order to pull them forward, he tore off

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<v Speaker 2>their heads. So he unharnessed them and left them lying

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<v Speaker 2>in the field and put himself to the sled and

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<v Speaker 2>went off alone with the load. When he came to

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<v Speaker 2>the king's castle, there stood the King with the master

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<v Speaker 2>carpenter in the entrance, and they were ready to give

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<v Speaker 2>him a warm reception because of the destruction he had walked,

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<v Speaker 2>because of the destruction he had wrought in the forest,

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<v Speaker 2>for the master carpenter had been there and had seen

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<v Speaker 2>the havoc he made. But when Murmur Goosey came came

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<v Speaker 2>along with half the forest, the king grew frightened as

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<v Speaker 2>well as angry, and he thought that if Murmur was

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<v Speaker 2>so strong, it would be best to handle him with care.

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<v Speaker 2>Why you are a splendid workman, said the king, But

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<v Speaker 2>tell me how much do you really eat at once?

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<v Speaker 2>He continued, for I am sure you are hungry. If

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<v Speaker 2>he were to have enough porridge, they would have to

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<v Speaker 2>take twelve tons of meal to make it. But after

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<v Speaker 2>he had eaten that, then he could wait. Awhile, said

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<v Speaker 2>Murmur goose Egg. It took some time before so much

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<v Speaker 2>porridge could be prepared, and in the meantime Murmur was

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<v Speaker 2>to carry wood into the kitchen, so he piled the

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<v Speaker 2>whole load of wood on a sled, But when he

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<v Speaker 2>drove it through the door, he did not go to

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<v Speaker 2>work about it very gently. The house nearly broke from

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<v Speaker 2>its joints, and he well nigh tore down the entire castle.

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<v Speaker 2>When at last dinner was ready, they sent him out

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<v Speaker 2>into the field to call the help. He called so

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<v Speaker 2>loudly that hill and vale re echoed the sound. But

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<v Speaker 2>still the people did not come quick enough to suit him.

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<v Speaker 2>So he picked a quarrel with them and killed twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>You killed twelve of my people, and you eat for

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<v Speaker 2>twelve times twelve of them. But how many men's work

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<v Speaker 2>can you do? Asked the king. I'd do the work

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<v Speaker 2>of twelve times twelve two, said Murmur. When he had eaten,

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<v Speaker 2>he was to go to the barn and thresh. So

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<v Speaker 2>he pulled the beam out of the roof tree and

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<v Speaker 2>made a flail out of it, And when the roof

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<v Speaker 2>threatened to fall in, he took a pine tree with

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<v Speaker 2>all its boughs and branches and set it up in

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<v Speaker 2>place of the roof beam. He then threshed corn and

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<v Speaker 2>hay and straw all together, and it seemed as though

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<v Speaker 2>a cloud hung over the royal castle. When Murmur Gooseg

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<v Speaker 2>had nearly finished threshing. The enemy broke into the land

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<v Speaker 2>and war began. Then the king told him to gather

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<v Speaker 2>people about him and go to meet the foe and

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<v Speaker 2>do battle with him, for he thought the enemy would

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<v Speaker 2>probably kill him. No, said Murmur Gooseg. He did not

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<v Speaker 2>want to have the king's people kill He would see

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<v Speaker 2>that he dealt with the enemy himself. All the better,

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<v Speaker 2>thought the king. Then I am sure to get rid

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<v Speaker 2>of him. But he would need a proper club, said

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<v Speaker 2>murmur So they sent to the smith, and he forged

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<v Speaker 2>a club of two hundred weights. That would only do

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<v Speaker 2>for a nutcracker, said murmur Gooseg. So he forged another

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<v Speaker 2>that weighed six hundred weights, and that would do to

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<v Speaker 2>hammer shoes with, said Murmur Gooseg. But the smith told

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<v Speaker 2>him that he and all his workmen together could not

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<v Speaker 2>forge a larger one. Then Murmur Gooseg went to the

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<v Speaker 2>smithy himself and forged himself a club of thirty hundred weights,

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<v Speaker 2>And it would have taken a hundred men just to

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<v Speaker 2>turn it around on the anvil. This might do at

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<v Speaker 2>a pinch, said murmur Then he wanted a knapsack with provisions.

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<v Speaker 2>It was sewn together out of fifteen ox skins and

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<v Speaker 2>stuffed full of provisions. And then Murmur wandered down the

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<v Speaker 2>hill with the knapsack on his back and the club

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<v Speaker 2>over his shoulder. When he came near enough for the

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<v Speaker 2>soldiers to see him, they sent to ask whether he

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<v Speaker 2>had a mind to attack them. Just wait until I

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<v Speaker 2>have eaten, said Murmur, and sat him down behind his

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<v Speaker 2>knapsack to eat. But the enemy would not wait and

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<v Speaker 2>began to fire at him, and it fairly rained and

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<v Speaker 2>hailed musket balls all around Murmur. I don't care a

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<v Speaker 2>fig for these blueberries, said Murmur, gooseag and feasted on

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<v Speaker 2>quite at ease. Neither lead nor iron could wound him,

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<v Speaker 2>and his knapsack stood before him and caught the bullets

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<v Speaker 2>like a wall. Then the enemy began to throw bombs

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<v Speaker 2>at him and shoot him with a cannon. He hardly

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<v Speaker 2>moved when he was struck. Oh that's of no account,

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<v Speaker 2>said he. But then a bomb flew into his windpipe, faugh,

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<v Speaker 2>said he, and spat it out again. And then came

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<v Speaker 2>a chain bullet and fell into his butter plate, and

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<v Speaker 2>another tore away the bit of bread from between his fingers.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he grew angry, stood up, took his club, pounded

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<v Speaker 2>were blowing out at him from their clumsy blowpipes. Then

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<v Speaker 2>he struck a few more blows, so that the hills

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<v Speaker 2>and valleys round about trembled, and all the enemy flew

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<v Speaker 2>up into the air like chaff. And that was the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the war. When Murmur came back and asked

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<v Speaker 2>he had felt sure that now he was rid of him,

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<v Speaker 2>So he knew of nothing better to do than to

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<v Speaker 2>send him to the devil's place. Now you can go

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<v Speaker 2>to the devil and fetch the tribute from him, said

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<v Speaker 2>the king. Murmur. Gooseg went off with his knapsack on

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<v Speaker 2>his back and his club over his shoulder, and he

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<v Speaker 2>had soon reached the right spot. But when he got here,

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<v Speaker 2>when he got there, the devil was away at a trial.

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<v Speaker 2>There was no one home but his grandmother, and she

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<v Speaker 2>said she had never yet heard anything about a tribute,

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<v Speaker 2>and that he was to come back some other time. Yes, indeed,

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<v Speaker 2>come again tomorrow, said he. I know that old excuse.

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<v Speaker 2>But since he was there, he would stay there, for

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<v Speaker 2>he had to take home the tribute, and he had

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<v Speaker 2>plenty of time to wait. But when he had eaten

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<v Speaker 2>all his provisions, he grew weary and again to mand

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<v Speaker 2>it the tribute from the grandmother. You will get nothing

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<v Speaker 2>from me, and that's as flat as the old fir

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<v Speaker 2>tree outside, as fast, said the devil's grandmother. The fir

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<v Speaker 2>tree stood in front of the gate to the devil's place,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was so large that fifteen men could hardly

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<v Speaker 2>girdle it with their arms. But Murmur climbed up into

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<v Speaker 2>its top and bent and shook it to and fro

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<v Speaker 2>as though it were a willow wand and then asked

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<v Speaker 2>the devil's grandmother once more whether she would now pay

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<v Speaker 2>him the tribute. So she did not dare to refuse

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<v Speaker 2>any longer, and brought out as much money as he

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<v Speaker 2>could possibly carry in his knapsack. Then he set out

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<v Speaker 2>for home with the tribute. And now no sooner had

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<v Speaker 2>he gone than the devil came home. And when he

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<v Speaker 2>learned that Murmur had taken along a big bag of money,

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<v Speaker 2>he first beat his grandmother and then hurried after Murmur

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<v Speaker 2>and he soon caught up to him, for he ran

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<v Speaker 2>over sticks and stones, and sometimes flew in between, while

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<v Speaker 2>Murmur had to stick to the highway with his heavy knapsack.

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<v Speaker 2>But with the devil at his heels, he began to

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<v Speaker 2>run as fast as he could, and stretched out the

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<v Speaker 2>club behind him to keep the devil from coming to

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<v Speaker 2>close quarters. And thus they ran along, one behind the other,

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<v Speaker 2>while Murmur held the shaft and the devil held the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the club, until they reached a deep valley.

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<v Speaker 2>There Murmur jumped from one mountain top to another, and

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<v Speaker 2>the devil followed him so hotly that he ran into

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<v Speaker 2>the club, fell down into the valley, and broke his foot,

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<v Speaker 2>and there he lay. There's your tribute, said Murmur goose

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<v Speaker 2>egg when he had reached the royal castle, and he

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<v Speaker 2>flung down the knapsack full of money before the king,

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<v Speaker 2>so that the whole castle tottered. The King thanked him

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<v Speaker 2>kindly and promised him a good reward and a good

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<v Speaker 2>character if he wanted it. But Murmur only wanted more

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<v Speaker 2>work to do. What shall I do now, he asked.

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<v Speaker 2>The King reflected for a while, and then said Murmur

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<v Speaker 2>should travel to the hill troll who had robbed him

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<v Speaker 2>of the sword of his ancestors. He lived in a

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<v Speaker 2>castle by the sea, where no one ventured to go.

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<v Speaker 2>Murmur was given a few cartloads of provision in his knapsack,

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<v Speaker 2>and once more set out.

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<v Speaker 1>Long.

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<v Speaker 2>He wandered though overfield and wood, over hills and deep valleys,

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<v Speaker 2>till he came to a great mountain where the troll

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<v Speaker 2>lived who had robbed the king of the sword. But

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<v Speaker 2>the troll was not out in the open, and the

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<v Speaker 2>mountain was closed, so Murmur could not get to it.

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<v Speaker 2>So he joined a party of stone breakers who were

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<v Speaker 2>working at a mountain side, and worked along with them.

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<v Speaker 2>They had never had such a helper for Murmur hewed

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<v Speaker 2>away at the rocks till they burst, and stone boulders

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<v Speaker 2>as large as houses came rolling down. But when he

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<v Speaker 2>was about to rest and eat up the first cartload

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<v Speaker 2>of his provisions, it had already been eaten up. I

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<v Speaker 2>have a good appetite myself, said Murmur, But whoever got

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<v Speaker 2>hold of it has an even better one, for he

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<v Speaker 2>has eaten up the bones as well. Thus it went

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<v Speaker 2>the first day, and the second was no better. On

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<v Speaker 2>the third day he went to work again and took

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<v Speaker 2>along the third cartload, lay down beside it and pretended

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<v Speaker 2>to be sleeping. Then a troll with seven heads came

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<v Speaker 2>out of the hill, began to smack his lips and

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<v Speaker 2>eat of his provisions. Now the table is set, so

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<v Speaker 2>now I am going to eat, said he. First, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see about that, said Murmur, and hewed away at the

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<v Speaker 2>troll so that the heads flew from his body. Then

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<v Speaker 2>he went into the hill out of which the troll

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<v Speaker 2>had come, and inside stood a horse eating out of

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<v Speaker 2>a barrel of glowing ashes, while behind him stood a

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<v Speaker 2>barrel filled with oats. Why don't you eat out of

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<v Speaker 2>the barrel of oats, asked Murmur. GOOSEG because I cannot

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<v Speaker 2>turn around, said the horse. I will turn you around,

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<v Speaker 2>said Murmur. GOOSEG. Tear off my head instead, pleaded the horse.

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<v Speaker 2>Murmur did so, and the horse turned into a fine

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<v Speaker 2>looking man. He said that he had been enchanted and

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<v Speaker 2>turned into a horse by the troll. Then he helped

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<v Speaker 2>Murmur look for the sword, which the troll had hidden

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<v Speaker 2>under the bed. But in the bed lay the troll's grandmother,

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<v Speaker 2>and she was snoring. They went home by water, and

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<v Speaker 2>just as they sailed off, the old troll grandmother came

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<v Speaker 2>after them, but she could not get at them. Hence

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<v Speaker 2>she commenced to drink, so that the water went down

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<v Speaker 2>and grew lower. But at last she could not drink

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<v Speaker 2>up the whole sea, and so she burst. When they

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<v Speaker 2>came ashore, Murmur sent to the king and had him

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<v Speaker 2>told to have the sword fetched. But though the king

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<v Speaker 2>sent four horses, they could not move it from the spot.

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<v Speaker 2>He sent eight, he sent twelve, but the sword remained

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<v Speaker 2>where it was and could not be moved from the

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<v Speaker 2>spot by any means. Then Murmur goose took it up

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<v Speaker 2>and carried it alone. The king could not believe his

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<v Speaker 2>eyes when he saw Murmur once more, but he was

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<v Speaker 2>very friendly and promised him gold and green forests. But

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<v Speaker 2>when Murmur asked for more work, he told him to

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<v Speaker 2>travel to his troll's castle, where no one dared to go,

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<v Speaker 2>and remained there until he had built a bridge across

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<v Speaker 2>the sound so that people could cross. If he could

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<v Speaker 2>do that, he would reward him. Well, Yes, he would

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<v Speaker 2>even give him his daughter, said the king. He would

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<v Speaker 2>attend to it, said Murmur. Yet no human being had

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<v Speaker 2>ever returned thence alive. All who had gotten so far

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<v Speaker 2>lay on the ground, dead and crushed to a jelly,

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<v Speaker 2>and the king thought when sending him, when sending him there,

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<v Speaker 2>that he would never see him again. But Murmur set out.

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<v Speaker 2>He took with him his knapsack full of provisions and

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<v Speaker 2>a properly turned and twisted block of pine wood, as

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<v Speaker 2>well as an axe, a wedge, and some wooden chips.

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<v Speaker 2>When he reached the sound, the river was full of

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<v Speaker 2>drifting ice, and it roared like a waterfall. But he

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<v Speaker 2>planted his legs firmly on the ground and waded along

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<v Speaker 2>until he got across. When he had warmed himself and

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<v Speaker 2>satisfied his hunger, he wanted to sleep. But a tumult

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<v Speaker 2>and a rumbling started, as though the whole castle were

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<v Speaker 2>to be to turned upside down. The gate flew wide open,

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<v Speaker 2>and Murmur saw nothing but a pair of yawning jaws

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<v Speaker 2>that reached out from the threshold to the top of

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<v Speaker 2>the door. Let's see who you may be. Perhaps you

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<v Speaker 2>are an old friend of mine, said Murmur, and sure

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<v Speaker 2>enough it was master Devil. Then they played cards together.

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<v Speaker 2>The devil would gladly have won back some of the

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<v Speaker 2>tribute Murmur had forced from his grandmother for the king.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet no matter how he played, Murmur always won, for

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<v Speaker 2>he made a cross on the cards. And after he

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<v Speaker 2>had won all the devil had with him, the latter

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<v Speaker 2>had to give him some of the gold and silver

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<v Speaker 2>that was in the castle. In the midst of their game,

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<v Speaker 2>the fire went out, so that they could no longer

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<v Speaker 2>tell the cards apart. Now we must split wood, said Murmur.

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<v Speaker 2>He hewed into the block of pinewood with his axe and

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<v Speaker 2>drove in the wedge, but the tree stump was tough

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<v Speaker 2>and would not split at once, though Murmur gave himself

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<v Speaker 2>all manner of pains. You are supposed to be strong,

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<v Speaker 2>said the devil. Spit on your hands, slap in your

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<v Speaker 2>claws here, and pull the block apart, so that I

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<v Speaker 2>can see what you can do. The devil obediently thrushed

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<v Speaker 2>both hands into the split and tore and clawed with

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<v Speaker 2>all his might. But suddenly Murmur goose egg knocked out

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<v Speaker 2>the wedge, and there the devil was caught in a

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<v Speaker 2>vice while Murmur belabored his back with the axe. The

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<v Speaker 2>devil wailed and begged Murmur to let him go, but

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<v Speaker 2>Murmur would hear nothing of it until he had promised

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<v Speaker 2>never to come back and make a nuisance of himself again.

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<v Speaker 2>Besides that, he had to to build a bridge over

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<v Speaker 2>the sound on which one could go back and forth

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<v Speaker 2>at all seasons of the year. And the bridge was

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<v Speaker 2>to be completed immediately after the breaking up of the

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<v Speaker 2>ice drift. Alas said the devil. But there was nothing

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<v Speaker 2>for it but to promise if he wished to go free.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet he made one condition, that was that he was

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<v Speaker 2>to have the first soul that crossed the bridge as

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<v Speaker 2>a sound toll. He could have it, said Murmur. Then

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<v Speaker 2>he let the devil out and he ran straight home.

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<v Speaker 2>But Murmur lay down and slept until far into the

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<v Speaker 2>following day. Then the king came to see whether Murmur

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<v Speaker 2>gooseg were lying crushed on the ground or had merely

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<v Speaker 2>been badly beaten. He had to wade through piles of

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<v Speaker 2>money before he could reach the bed. The money was

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<v Speaker 2>stacked up high along the walls in heaps and bags,

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<v Speaker 2>and Murmur lay in the bed and snored. May Heaven

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<v Speaker 2>help me and my daughter, cried the king when he

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<v Speaker 2>saw that Murmur goose Egg was in the best of health. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>and no one could deny that everything had been well,

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<v Speaker 2>And thoroughly done, said the king, But there could be

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<v Speaker 2>no talk of marriage as long as the bridge had

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<v Speaker 2>not been built. Then one day the bridge was finished,

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<v Speaker 2>and on it stood the devil, ready to collect that

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<v Speaker 2>whole promise to him. Murmur goose Egg wanted the king

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<v Speaker 2>to be the first to try the bridge with him,

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<v Speaker 2>but the King had no mind to do so. Therefore

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<v Speaker 2>Murmur himself met mount to the horse and swung up

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<v Speaker 2>the fat dairy maid from the castle before him on

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<v Speaker 2>the saddle bow. She looked almost like a gigantic block

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<v Speaker 2>of wood, and dashed across the bridge with her, so

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<v Speaker 2>that the planks fairly thundered. Where is my sound hole?

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<v Speaker 2>Where is the soul? Cried the devil, sitting in this

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<v Speaker 2>block of wood. If you want her, you must spit

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<v Speaker 2>on your hands and catch hold of her, said Murmur

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<v Speaker 2>goose Egg. No, thank you. If she does not catch

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<v Speaker 2>hold of me, then I'll certainly not catch hold of her,

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<v Speaker 2>said the devil. You caught me in a vice once,

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<v Speaker 2>but you can't fool me a second time, said he,

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<v Speaker 2>and flew straight home to his grandmother. And since then

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<v Speaker 2>nothing more has been heard or seen of him, But

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<v Speaker 2>Murmur goose Egg hurried back to the castle and asked

417
00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:05.079
<v Speaker 2>for the reward the king had promised him. And when

418
00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:09.199
<v Speaker 2>the king hesitated and began to make all sorts of

419
00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:13.159
<v Speaker 2>excuses in order not to have to keep his promise,

420
00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:17.360
<v Speaker 2>Murmur said it would be best to have a substantial

421
00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:22.400
<v Speaker 2>knapsack full of provisions made ready, since now he Murmur,

422
00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:28.039
<v Speaker 2>was going to take his reward himself. This the king did,

423
00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:32.480
<v Speaker 2>and when the knapsack was ready, Murmur took the king

424
00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:36.320
<v Speaker 2>along with him in front of the castle and gave

425
00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:41.039
<v Speaker 2>him a proper shove, so that he flew high up

426
00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:45.719
<v Speaker 2>into the air, and he threw the knapsack up after him,

427
00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:49.920
<v Speaker 2>so that he would not be left altogether without provisions.

428
00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:55.119
<v Speaker 2>And he has not come down yet. Then he, together

429
00:34:55.239 --> 00:35:00.239
<v Speaker 2>with the knapsack, is floating between heaven and Earth this

430
00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:13.079
<v Speaker 2>very day. The end Murmur goose egg. Once upon a

431
00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:16.719
<v Speaker 2>time there were five women who were standing in a

432
00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:21.960
<v Speaker 2>field mowing. Heaven had not given a single one of

433
00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:27.239
<v Speaker 2>them a child, and each of them wanted to have one.

434
00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:33.000
<v Speaker 2>And suddenly they saw a goose egg of quite unheard

435
00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:38.000
<v Speaker 2>of sighs, well nigh as large as a man's head.

436
00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:43.760
<v Speaker 2>I saw it first, said the one I saw it

437
00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:48.440
<v Speaker 2>at the same time that you did. Insisted another. But

438
00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:51.440
<v Speaker 2>I want it, for I saw it first of all,

439
00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:57.159
<v Speaker 2>maintained a third. And thus they went on and fought

440
00:35:57.280 --> 00:36:02.360
<v Speaker 2>so about the egg that they nearly came to blows.

441
00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:05.920
<v Speaker 2>Finally they agreed that it should be long to all

442
00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:10.840
<v Speaker 2>five of them, and that all of them should sit

443
00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:14.719
<v Speaker 2>on it as a goose would do, and hatch out

444
00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:20.119
<v Speaker 2>the little gosling. The first remained sitting on the egg

445
00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:25.960
<v Speaker 2>for eight days and hatched and did not move or

446
00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:31.280
<v Speaker 2>do a thing, And during this time the rest had

447
00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:36.280
<v Speaker 2>to feed her and themselves as well. One of them

448
00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:42.760
<v Speaker 2>grew angry because of this and scolded, you did not

449
00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:46.199
<v Speaker 2>crawl out of the egg either, before you could cry peep,

450
00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:49.800
<v Speaker 2>said the one who was sitting on the egg and hatching.

451
00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:53.480
<v Speaker 2>Yet I almost believe that a human child is going

452
00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:57.119
<v Speaker 2>to slip out of the egg, for something is murmuring

453
00:36:57.199 --> 00:37:03.639
<v Speaker 2>inside of it without ever stopping herring and mush, porridge

454
00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:08.440
<v Speaker 2>and milk, said she, And now you can sit on

455
00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:12.199
<v Speaker 2>it for eight days while we bring you food. When

456
00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:15.840
<v Speaker 2>the fifth day of the eight had passed, it was

457
00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:19.440
<v Speaker 2>plain to her that there was a child in the egg,

458
00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:25.760
<v Speaker 2>which kept on calling herring and mush, porridge and milk.

459
00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:30.639
<v Speaker 2>And so she punched a hole in the egg, and

460
00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:36.880
<v Speaker 2>instead of a gosling, out came a child, And it

461
00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:42.320
<v Speaker 2>was quite disgustingly homely, with a big head and a

462
00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:47.599
<v Speaker 2>small body. And no sooner had it crawled out than

463
00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:53.480
<v Speaker 2>it began to cry herring and mush, porridge and milk.

464
00:37:55.000 --> 00:38:02.159
<v Speaker 2>So they named the child Murmur Goose Egg. In spite

465
00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:05.760
<v Speaker 2>of the child's homeliness, the women at first took a

466
00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:10.000
<v Speaker 2>great deal of pleasure in him, but before long he

467
00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:16.719
<v Speaker 2>grew so greedy that he devoured everything they had. When

468
00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:20.280
<v Speaker 2>they cooked a dish of mush or a potful of

469
00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:24.480
<v Speaker 2>porridge that was to do for all six of them,

470
00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:30.000
<v Speaker 2>the child swallowed it all by himself, so they did

471
00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:34.840
<v Speaker 2>not want to keep him any longer. I have not

472
00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:39.719
<v Speaker 2>had a single full meal since the changeling crawled out,

473
00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:44.679
<v Speaker 2>said one of them. And when Murmur gooseg heard that,

474
00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:49.679
<v Speaker 2>and the rest agreed, he said that he would gladly

475
00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:52.920
<v Speaker 2>go his own gait, for if they had no need

476
00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:58.079
<v Speaker 2>of him, then he had no need of them. And

477
00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:03.480
<v Speaker 2>with that he went off. Finally he came to a

478
00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:10.880
<v Speaker 2>farmstead that lay in a rocky section and asked for work. Yes,

479
00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:14.880
<v Speaker 2>they needed a workman, and the master told him to

480
00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:19.800
<v Speaker 2>gather up the stones in the field. Then murmur gooseg

481
00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:24.079
<v Speaker 2>gathered up the stones in the field. He picked up

482
00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:27.679
<v Speaker 2>some that were so large that a number of horses

483
00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:33.119
<v Speaker 2>could not have dragged them, and large and small one

484
00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:38.840
<v Speaker 2>and all. He put them in his pocket. Before long

485
00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:42.920
<v Speaker 2>he had finished his work and wanted to know what

486
00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:47.199
<v Speaker 2>he was to do next. You have picked up the

487
00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:52.679
<v Speaker 2>stones in the field, said his master. You cannot possibly

488
00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:57.639
<v Speaker 2>have finished before you have really begun. But murmur Goose

489
00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:02.000
<v Speaker 2>emptied his pockets and threw the stones on a pile.

490
00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:07.480
<v Speaker 2>Then his master saw that he had finished his work,

491
00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:11.039
<v Speaker 2>and that one would have to handle such a strong

492
00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:17.159
<v Speaker 2>fellow with kid gloves, So he told him to come

493
00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:23.440
<v Speaker 2>in and eat. That suited murmur goose egg. He ate

494
00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:27.199
<v Speaker 2>up everything that was to have supplied the master and

495
00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:32.159
<v Speaker 2>his family and the help, and then he was only

496
00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:40.960
<v Speaker 2>half satisfied. He was really a splendid worker, but a

497
00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:48.079
<v Speaker 2>dangerous eater, like a bottomless cask, said the peasant. Such

498
00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:52.000
<v Speaker 2>a serving man could eat up a poor peasant house

499
00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:57.519
<v Speaker 2>and ground before he noticed it. Said he he had

500
00:40:57.599 --> 00:41:00.960
<v Speaker 2>no more work for him. And the best thing to

501
00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:06.519
<v Speaker 2>do would be to go to the King's castle. So

502
00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:11.559
<v Speaker 2>murmur Gooseg went to the king and was at once

503
00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:15.239
<v Speaker 2>given a place, and there was enough to eat and

504
00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:19.880
<v Speaker 2>drink in the castle. He was to be the errand

505
00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:24.920
<v Speaker 2>boy and help the maids fetch wood and water, and

506
00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:30.039
<v Speaker 2>do other odd jobs. So he asked what he was

507
00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:35.440
<v Speaker 2>to do first, for the time being, He could chop firewood,

508
00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:42.280
<v Speaker 2>said they. So murmur Gooseg began to chop firewood and

509
00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:46.320
<v Speaker 2>hewed to the line in such fashion that the chips

510
00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:51.920
<v Speaker 2>fairly flew. Before long he had chopped up all that

511
00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:57.199
<v Speaker 2>there was kindling wood and building wood, beams and boards.

512
00:41:57.880 --> 00:42:00.599
<v Speaker 2>And when he was through with it, he came and

513
00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:05.320
<v Speaker 2>asked what he was to do. Now, You can finish

514
00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:10.679
<v Speaker 2>chopping the firewood, said they. There is none left, said

515
00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:17.199
<v Speaker 2>murmur Goosegg. That could not be possible, said the superintendent,

516
00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:24.800
<v Speaker 2>and looked into the woodpin. Yes, indeed, murmur Goosegg had

517
00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:31.840
<v Speaker 2>chopped up everything large and small, beams and boards. That

518
00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:37.159
<v Speaker 2>was very bad. And therefore the superintendent said that murmur

519
00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:41.119
<v Speaker 2>Gooseg should have nothing to eat until he had chopped

520
00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:44.679
<v Speaker 2>down just as much wood in the forest as he

521
00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:49.719
<v Speaker 2>had just chopped up for firewood. Then Murmur gooseg went

522
00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:53.599
<v Speaker 2>into the smithy and had the smith make an iron

523
00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:59.800
<v Speaker 2>axe of five hundred weights. With that, he went into

524
00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:05.079
<v Speaker 2>the forest and began to chop. He chopped down big

525
00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:10.599
<v Speaker 2>pine and fir trees as thick as masts, and all

526
00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:14.039
<v Speaker 2>that he found on the king's ground, as well as

527
00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:18.119
<v Speaker 2>what he had found on that of his neighbors. He

528
00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:22.760
<v Speaker 2>chopped down big pine and fir trees as thick as masts,

529
00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:27.159
<v Speaker 2>and all that he found on the King's ground, as

530
00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:30.639
<v Speaker 2>well as what he found on that of his neighbors.

531
00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:36.519
<v Speaker 2>But he cut off neither the branches nor the tree tops,

532
00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:41.519
<v Speaker 2>so that all lay there as though felled by the storm.

533
00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:46.159
<v Speaker 2>Then he loaded a sizeable stack on the sled and

534
00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:50.119
<v Speaker 2>put to the horses. They could not move the load

535
00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:53.239
<v Speaker 2>from the spot, and when he took them by the

536
00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:57.760
<v Speaker 2>heads in order to pull them forward, he tore off

537
00:43:57.800 --> 00:44:03.440
<v Speaker 2>their heads. Oh, he unharnessed them and left them lying

538
00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:07.639
<v Speaker 2>in the field, and put himself to the sled and

539
00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:11.840
<v Speaker 2>went off alone with the load. When he came to

540
00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:15.679
<v Speaker 2>the king's castle, there stood the King with the master

541
00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:19.559
<v Speaker 2>carpenter in the entrance, and they were ready to give

542
00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:24.000
<v Speaker 2>him a warm reception because of the destruction he had walked,

543
00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:28.280
<v Speaker 2>because of the destruction he had wrought in the forest.

544
00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:32.679
<v Speaker 2>For the master carpenter had been there and had seen

545
00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:37.679
<v Speaker 2>the havoc he made. But when Murmur gouseag came along

546
00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:42.840
<v Speaker 2>with half the forest, the king grew frightened as well

547
00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:47.039
<v Speaker 2>as angry, and he thought that if Murmur was so strong,

548
00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:52.760
<v Speaker 2>it would be best to handle him with care. Why

549
00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:57.920
<v Speaker 2>you are a splendid workman, said the king, But tell

550
00:44:57.960 --> 00:45:03.039
<v Speaker 2>me how much do you really eat at once? He continued,

551
00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:06.920
<v Speaker 2>for I am sure you are hungry. If he were

552
00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:10.679
<v Speaker 2>to have enough porridge, they would have to take twelve

553
00:45:10.880 --> 00:45:14.800
<v Speaker 2>tons of meal to make it. But after he had

554
00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:19.920
<v Speaker 2>eaten that, then he could wait. Awhile, said Murmur, goose egg.

555
00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:26.280
<v Speaker 2>It took some time before so much porridge could be prepared,

556
00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:31.280
<v Speaker 2>and in the meantime Murmur was to carry wood into

557
00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:35.480
<v Speaker 2>the kitchen. So he piled the whole load of wood

558
00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:39.000
<v Speaker 2>on a sled. But when he drove it through the door,

559
00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:42.199
<v Speaker 2>he did not go to work about it very gently.

560
00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:47.840
<v Speaker 2>The house nearly broke from its joints, and he well

561
00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:53.280
<v Speaker 2>nigh tore down the entire castle. When at last dinner

562
00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:57.400
<v Speaker 2>was ready, they sent him out into the field to

563
00:45:57.440 --> 00:46:02.559
<v Speaker 2>call the help. He called called so loudly that hill

564
00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:08.559
<v Speaker 2>and vale re echoed the sound. But still the people

565
00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:12.440
<v Speaker 2>did not come quick enough to suit him. So he

566
00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:18.239
<v Speaker 2>picked a quarrel with them and killed twelve. You killed

567
00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:22.519
<v Speaker 2>twelve of my people, and you eat for twelve times

568
00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:26.599
<v Speaker 2>twelve of them. But how many men's work can you do?

569
00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:32.159
<v Speaker 2>Asked the king. I do the work of twelve times

570
00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:38.000
<v Speaker 2>twelve two, said Murmur. When he had eaten, he was

571
00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:42.079
<v Speaker 2>to go to the barn and thresh. So he pulled

572
00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:45.239
<v Speaker 2>the beam out of the roof tree and made a

573
00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:48.840
<v Speaker 2>flail out of it, And when the roof threatened to

574
00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:52.840
<v Speaker 2>fall in, he took a pine tree with all its

575
00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:56.519
<v Speaker 2>boughs and branches and set it up in place of

576
00:46:56.559 --> 00:47:01.800
<v Speaker 2>the roof beam. He then threshed corn and hay and

577
00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:06.320
<v Speaker 2>straw all together, and it seemed as though a cloud

578
00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:12.079
<v Speaker 2>hung over the royal castle. When Murmur Gooseg had nearly

579
00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:17.719
<v Speaker 2>finished thrashing, the enemy broke into the land and war began.

580
00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:22.039
<v Speaker 2>Then the king told him to gather people about him

581
00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:26.480
<v Speaker 2>and go to meet the foe and do battle with him,

582
00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:32.159
<v Speaker 2>For he thought the enemy would probably kill him. No,

583
00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:36.039
<v Speaker 2>said Murmur Gooseg. He did not want to have the

584
00:47:36.119 --> 00:47:39.599
<v Speaker 2>king's people killed. He would see that he dealt with

585
00:47:39.679 --> 00:47:44.880
<v Speaker 2>the enemy himself. All the better, thought the king. Then

586
00:47:44.920 --> 00:47:48.360
<v Speaker 2>I am sure to get rid of him. But he

587
00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:53.880
<v Speaker 2>would need a proper club, said Murmur. So they sent

588
00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:57.320
<v Speaker 2>to the smith, and he forged a club of two

589
00:47:57.519 --> 00:48:03.159
<v Speaker 2>hundred weights. That would only do for a nutcracker, said

590
00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:08.800
<v Speaker 2>Murmur Gooseg. So he forged another that weighed six hundred weights,

591
00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:14.079
<v Speaker 2>And that would do to hammer shoes with, said Murmur Gooseg.

592
00:48:14.639 --> 00:48:17.800
<v Speaker 2>But the smith told him that he and all his

593
00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:24.400
<v Speaker 2>workmen together could not forge a larger one. Then Murmur

594
00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:29.079
<v Speaker 2>Gooseg went to the smithy himself and forged himself a

595
00:48:29.119 --> 00:48:35.079
<v Speaker 2>club of thirty hundred weights. And it would have taken

596
00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:39.320
<v Speaker 2>a hundred men just to turn it around on the anvil.

597
00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:44.639
<v Speaker 2>This might do at a pinch, said Murmur. Then he

598
00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:49.559
<v Speaker 2>wanted a knapsack with provisions. It was sewn together out

599
00:48:49.639 --> 00:48:55.880
<v Speaker 2>of fifteen ox skins and stuffed full of provisions. And

600
00:48:56.000 --> 00:49:00.360
<v Speaker 2>then Murmur wandered down the hill with the nap sack

601
00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:05.320
<v Speaker 2>on his back and the club over his shoulder. When

602
00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:08.320
<v Speaker 2>he came near enough for the soldiers to see him,

603
00:49:09.079 --> 00:49:11.519
<v Speaker 2>they sent to ask whether he had a mind to

604
00:49:11.599 --> 00:49:16.719
<v Speaker 2>attack them. Just wait until I have eaten, said Murmur,

605
00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:22.280
<v Speaker 2>and sat him down behind his knapsack to eat. But

606
00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:27.199
<v Speaker 2>the enemy would not wait and began to fire at him,

607
00:49:27.880 --> 00:49:32.559
<v Speaker 2>and it fairly rained and hailed musket balls all around Murmur.

608
00:49:34.599 --> 00:49:38.159
<v Speaker 2>I don't care a fig for these blueberries, said Murmur.

609
00:49:38.199 --> 00:49:42.760
<v Speaker 2>Gooseg and feasted on quite at ease. Neither lead nor

610
00:49:42.840 --> 00:49:46.880
<v Speaker 2>iron could wound him, and his knapsack stood before him

611
00:49:47.320 --> 00:49:52.280
<v Speaker 2>and caught the bullets like a wall. Then the enemy

612
00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:56.119
<v Speaker 2>began to throw bombs at him and shoot him with

613
00:49:56.239 --> 00:50:01.480
<v Speaker 2>a cannon. He hardly moved when he was strang. Oh

614
00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:07.280
<v Speaker 2>that's of no account, said he. But then a bomb

615
00:50:07.400 --> 00:50:14.199
<v Speaker 2>flew into his windpipe. Fuh, said he, and spat it

616
00:50:14.239 --> 00:50:19.320
<v Speaker 2>out again. And then came a chain bullet and fell

617
00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:24.199
<v Speaker 2>into his butterplate, and another tore away the bit of

618
00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:32.280
<v Speaker 2>bread from between his fingers. Then he grew angry, stood up,

619
00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:38.239
<v Speaker 2>took his club, pounded the ground with it, and asked

620
00:50:38.440 --> 00:50:41.440
<v Speaker 2>whether they wanted to take the food from his mouth

621
00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:45.119
<v Speaker 2>with the blueberries they were blowing out at him from

622
00:50:45.159 --> 00:50:51.239
<v Speaker 2>their clumsy blowpipes. Then he struck a few more blows,

623
00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:57.000
<v Speaker 2>so that the hills and valleys round about trembled, and

624
00:50:57.400 --> 00:51:00.920
<v Speaker 2>all the enemy flew up into the air like chaff.

625
00:51:02.239 --> 00:51:09.599
<v Speaker 2>And that was the end of the war. When Murmur

626
00:51:09.719 --> 00:51:14.079
<v Speaker 2>came back and asked for more work, the king was

627
00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:18.039
<v Speaker 2>at a loss, for he had felt sure that now

628
00:51:18.119 --> 00:51:21.880
<v Speaker 2>he was rid of him. So he knew of nothing

629
00:51:21.960 --> 00:51:26.440
<v Speaker 2>better to do than to send him to the devil's place.

630
00:51:28.320 --> 00:51:32.159
<v Speaker 2>Now you can go to the devil and fetch the

631
00:51:32.280 --> 00:51:37.440
<v Speaker 2>tribute from him, said the king. Murmur. Gooseg went off

632
00:51:37.519 --> 00:51:41.159
<v Speaker 2>with his knapsack on his back and his club over

633
00:51:41.199 --> 00:51:45.119
<v Speaker 2>his shoulder, and he had soon reached the right spot.

634
00:51:46.280 --> 00:51:50.199
<v Speaker 2>But when he got here, when he got there, the

635
00:51:50.239 --> 00:51:53.679
<v Speaker 2>devil was away at a trial. There was no one

636
00:51:53.760 --> 00:51:57.079
<v Speaker 2>home but his grandmother, and she said she had never

637
00:51:57.159 --> 00:51:59.679
<v Speaker 2>yet heard anything about a tribute, and that he was

638
00:51:59.719 --> 00:52:05.119
<v Speaker 2>to come back some other time. Yes, indeed, come again tomorrow,

639
00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:10.679
<v Speaker 2>said he. I know that old excuse. But since he

640
00:52:10.800 --> 00:52:14.519
<v Speaker 2>was there, he would stay there, for he had to

641
00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:17.519
<v Speaker 2>take home the tribute, and he had plenty of time

642
00:52:17.599 --> 00:52:21.920
<v Speaker 2>to wait. But when he had eaten all his provisions,

643
00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:26.440
<v Speaker 2>he grew weary and again demand it the tribute from

644
00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:31.079
<v Speaker 2>the grandmother. You will get nothing from me. And that's

645
00:52:31.119 --> 00:52:34.000
<v Speaker 2>as flat as the old fir tree outside, as fast

646
00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:39.320
<v Speaker 2>said the Devil's grandmother. The fir tree stood in front

647
00:52:39.320 --> 00:52:42.199
<v Speaker 2>of the gate to the Devil's place, and it was

648
00:52:42.320 --> 00:52:46.320
<v Speaker 2>so large that fifteen men could hardly girdle it with

649
00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:51.639
<v Speaker 2>their arms. But Murmur climbed up into its top and

650
00:52:51.880 --> 00:52:55.480
<v Speaker 2>bent and shook it to and fro as though it

651
00:52:55.519 --> 00:52:59.519
<v Speaker 2>were a willow wand and then asked the devil's grandmother

652
00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:04.480
<v Speaker 2>once more more whether she would now pay him the tribute.

653
00:53:04.800 --> 00:53:09.280
<v Speaker 2>So she did not dare to refuse any longer, and

654
00:53:09.360 --> 00:53:12.519
<v Speaker 2>brought out as much money as he could possibly carry

655
00:53:12.679 --> 00:53:16.760
<v Speaker 2>in his knapsack. Then he set out for home with

656
00:53:16.840 --> 00:53:21.400
<v Speaker 2>the tribute. And now no sooner had he gone than

657
00:53:21.440 --> 00:53:25.199
<v Speaker 2>the Devil came home. And when he learned that Murmur

658
00:53:25.239 --> 00:53:29.039
<v Speaker 2>had taken along a big bag of money, he first

659
00:53:29.199 --> 00:53:34.960
<v Speaker 2>beat his grandmother and then hurried after Murmur, and he

660
00:53:35.079 --> 00:53:38.559
<v Speaker 2>soon caught up to him, for he ran over sticks

661
00:53:38.559 --> 00:53:43.880
<v Speaker 2>and stones and sometimes flew in between, while Murmur had

662
00:53:43.920 --> 00:53:47.920
<v Speaker 2>to stick to the highway with his heavy knapsack. But

663
00:53:48.159 --> 00:53:51.320
<v Speaker 2>with the Devil at his heels, he began to run

664
00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:54.639
<v Speaker 2>as fast as he could, and stretched out the club

665
00:53:54.719 --> 00:53:59.039
<v Speaker 2>behind him to keep the devil from coming to close quarters.

666
00:54:00.199 --> 00:54:05.119
<v Speaker 2>And thus they ran along, one behind the other, while

667
00:54:05.239 --> 00:54:08.840
<v Speaker 2>Murmur held the shaft and the devil held the end

668
00:54:08.880 --> 00:54:14.920
<v Speaker 2>of the club, until they reached a deep valley. There

669
00:54:15.360 --> 00:54:19.320
<v Speaker 2>Murmur jumped from one mountain top to another, and the

670
00:54:19.360 --> 00:54:23.559
<v Speaker 2>devil followed him so hotly that he ran into the club,

671
00:54:24.400 --> 00:54:28.800
<v Speaker 2>fell down into the valley, and broke his foot, and

672
00:54:28.920 --> 00:54:34.639
<v Speaker 2>there he lay. There's your tribute, said Murmur. Gooseg when

673
00:54:34.679 --> 00:54:38.199
<v Speaker 2>he had reached the royal castle, and he flung down

674
00:54:38.199 --> 00:54:41.679
<v Speaker 2>the knapsack full of money before the king, so that

675
00:54:41.840 --> 00:54:47.840
<v Speaker 2>the whole castle tottered. The King thanked him kindly and

676
00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:51.920
<v Speaker 2>promised him a good reward and a good character if

677
00:54:51.960 --> 00:54:56.639
<v Speaker 2>he wanted it. But Murmur only wanted more work to do.

678
00:54:58.079 --> 00:55:02.360
<v Speaker 2>What shall I do now, he asked. The King reflected

679
00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:07.079
<v Speaker 2>for a while, and then said Murmur should travel to

680
00:55:07.239 --> 00:55:10.639
<v Speaker 2>the hill troll who had robbed him of the sword

681
00:55:10.719 --> 00:55:15.000
<v Speaker 2>of his ancestors. He lived in a castle by the sea,

682
00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:20.920
<v Speaker 2>where no one ventured to go. Murmur was given a

683
00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:26.039
<v Speaker 2>few cartloads of provision in his knapsack, and once more

684
00:55:26.159 --> 00:55:31.280
<v Speaker 2>set out long. He wandered though over field and wood,

685
00:55:31.960 --> 00:55:35.760
<v Speaker 2>over hills and deep valleys, till he came to a

686
00:55:35.800 --> 00:55:40.079
<v Speaker 2>great mountain where the troll lived who had robbed the

687
00:55:40.159 --> 00:55:44.519
<v Speaker 2>King of the sword. But the troll was not out

688
00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:48.639
<v Speaker 2>in the open, and the mountain was closed, so Murmur

689
00:55:48.639 --> 00:55:53.199
<v Speaker 2>could not get to it. So he joined a party

690
00:55:53.199 --> 00:55:56.960
<v Speaker 2>of stone breakers who were working at a mountain side,

691
00:55:57.679 --> 00:56:01.639
<v Speaker 2>and worked along with them. They had never had such

692
00:56:01.679 --> 00:56:05.280
<v Speaker 2>a helper, for Murmur hewed away at the rocks till

693
00:56:05.320 --> 00:56:10.000
<v Speaker 2>they burst, and stone boulders as large as houses came

694
00:56:10.119 --> 00:56:15.119
<v Speaker 2>rolling down. But when he was about to rest and

695
00:56:15.280 --> 00:56:19.239
<v Speaker 2>eat up the first cartload of his provisions, it had

696
00:56:19.519 --> 00:56:25.159
<v Speaker 2>already been eaten up. I have a good appetite myself,

697
00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:28.920
<v Speaker 2>said Murmur, But whoever got hold of it has an

698
00:56:29.119 --> 00:56:33.280
<v Speaker 2>even better one, for he has eaten up the bones

699
00:56:33.320 --> 00:56:39.320
<v Speaker 2>as well. Thus it went the first day, and the

700
00:56:39.440 --> 00:56:43.679
<v Speaker 2>second was no better. On the third day, he went

701
00:56:43.760 --> 00:56:48.199
<v Speaker 2>to work again and took along the third cartload, lay

702
00:56:48.280 --> 00:56:54.599
<v Speaker 2>down beside it and pretended to be sleeping. Then a

703
00:56:54.679 --> 00:56:59.719
<v Speaker 2>troll with seven heads came out of the hill, began

704
00:56:59.800 --> 00:57:06.840
<v Speaker 2>to smack his lips and eat of his provisions. Now

705
00:57:06.920 --> 00:57:10.519
<v Speaker 2>the table is set so now I am going to eat,

706
00:57:10.880 --> 00:57:16.880
<v Speaker 2>said he. First, we'll see about that, said Murmur, and

707
00:57:17.119 --> 00:57:20.840
<v Speaker 2>hewed away at the troll so that the heads flew

708
00:57:20.880 --> 00:57:26.559
<v Speaker 2>from his body. Then he went into the hill out

709
00:57:26.599 --> 00:57:30.880
<v Speaker 2>of which the troll had come, and inside stood a

710
00:57:30.960 --> 00:57:35.320
<v Speaker 2>horse eating out of a barrel of glowing ashes, while

711
00:57:35.400 --> 00:57:41.559
<v Speaker 2>behind him stood a barrel filled with oats. Why don't

712
00:57:41.599 --> 00:57:44.679
<v Speaker 2>you eat out of the barrel of oats, asked Murmur.

713
00:57:44.679 --> 00:57:51.639
<v Speaker 2>GOOSEG because I cannot turn around, said the horse. I

714
00:57:51.679 --> 00:57:56.360
<v Speaker 2>will turn you around, said Murmur. GOOSEG. Tear off my

715
00:57:56.480 --> 00:58:03.079
<v Speaker 2>head instead, pleaded the horse. Murmur did so, and the

716
00:58:03.199 --> 00:58:08.159
<v Speaker 2>horse turned into a fine looking man. He said that

717
00:58:08.280 --> 00:58:12.280
<v Speaker 2>he had been enchanted and turned into a horse by

718
00:58:12.320 --> 00:58:16.840
<v Speaker 2>the troll. Then he helped Murmur look for the sword,

719
00:58:17.480 --> 00:58:21.400
<v Speaker 2>which the troll had hidden under the bed. But in

720
00:58:21.559 --> 00:58:26.400
<v Speaker 2>the bed lay the troll's grandmother, and she was snoring.

721
00:58:28.400 --> 00:58:32.320
<v Speaker 2>They went home by water, and just as they sailed off,

722
00:58:32.920 --> 00:58:38.079
<v Speaker 2>the old troll grandmother came after them, but she could

723
00:58:38.119 --> 00:58:43.280
<v Speaker 2>not get at them. Hence she commenced to drink, so

724
00:58:43.320 --> 00:58:48.280
<v Speaker 2>that the water went down and grew lower. But at

725
00:58:48.360 --> 00:58:52.599
<v Speaker 2>last she could not drink up the whole sea, and

726
00:58:52.800 --> 00:58:58.800
<v Speaker 2>so she burst. When they came ashore, Murmur sent to

727
00:58:58.840 --> 00:59:02.719
<v Speaker 2>the king and had him told to have the sword fetched.

728
00:59:03.800 --> 00:59:07.599
<v Speaker 2>But though the king sent four horses, they could not

729
00:59:07.760 --> 00:59:12.880
<v Speaker 2>move it from the spot. He sent eight, he sent twelve,

730
00:59:13.960 --> 00:59:17.599
<v Speaker 2>but the sword remained where it was and could not

731
00:59:17.760 --> 00:59:23.880
<v Speaker 2>be moved from the spot by any means. Then Murmur

732
00:59:23.920 --> 00:59:29.079
<v Speaker 2>gooseg took it up and carried it alone. The king

733
00:59:29.239 --> 00:59:33.719
<v Speaker 2>could not believe his eyes when he saw Murmur once more,

734
00:59:34.760 --> 00:59:38.840
<v Speaker 2>but he was very friendly and promised him gold and

735
00:59:39.000 --> 00:59:44.320
<v Speaker 2>green forests. But when Murmur asked for more work, he

736
00:59:44.440 --> 00:59:48.280
<v Speaker 2>told him to travel to his troll's castle, where no

737
00:59:48.320 --> 00:59:52.119
<v Speaker 2>one dared to go, and remained there until he had

738
00:59:52.119 --> 00:59:54.639
<v Speaker 2>built a bridge across the sound.